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US 9,810,475 B2Granted
Refrigerator and method of fabricating inner door thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsByoung Mok Kim, Yong Man Seo, Young Jae Song, Jae Hyun Lee
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a storage compartment, an inner door including an opening having a size corresponding to the size of the storage compartment, a plurality of door guards disposed in the opening, and an outer door that opens or closes the opening, wherein the inner door includes inner sidewalls that are disposed at both sides of the opening and are flat from an inlet of the opening to an outlet of the opening without any curve.
Claims18
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body;
- a storage compartment formed in the body;
- an inner door comprising an opening corresponding to the storage compartment, an inner plate, an outer plate in which a foaming space between the outer plate and the inner plate is formed, an accommodation groove, and a heat insulating material in the foaming space, the inner door rotatably combined with the body;
- a plurality of door guards disposed in the opening;
- an outer door rotatably combined with the body so as to open or close the opening;
- an outer gasket attached to the outer door to create a seal between the outer door and the inner door when the outer door is closed on the inner door;
- and
- an inner gasket attached to an installation member that is attached to the accommodation groove of the inner door to create another seal between the inner door and the body when the inner door is closed;
- wherein the inner plate comprises a plurality of inner sidewalls that constitute the opening and support the plurality of door guards,
- the plurality of inner sidewalls are flat from an inlet of the opening to an outlet of the opening and a distance between the plurality of inner sidewalls is uniform from the inlet of the opening to the outlet of the opening, and
- the inner plate is injection-molded.
8 more elements
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body;
- a storage compartment formed in the body;
- an inner door comprising an opening corresponding to the storage compartment, an inner plate, an outer plate, an accommodation groove, and a heat insulating material that is disposed between the inner plate and the outer plate, the inner door rotatably combined with the body;
- an outer door rotatably combined with the body so as to open or close the opening;
- an outer gasket attached to the outer door to create a seal between the outer door and the inner door when the outer door is closed on the inner door;
- an inner gasket attached to an installation member that is attached to the accommodation groove of the inner door to create another seal between the inner door and the body when the inner door is closed;
- and
- a plurality of door guards arranged in the opening in a vertical direction,
- wherein the inner plate comprises a plurality of inner sidewalls that are disposed at both sides of the opening so as to support the plurality of door guards, and the plurality of inner sidewalls being flat from an inlet of the opening to an outlet of the opening, the inner plate is injection-molded, and
- wherein the plurality of door guards are disposed between the plurality of inner sidewalls.
7 more elements
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body;
- a storage compartment formed in the body;
- an inner door comprising an opening corresponding to the storage compartment and rotatably combined with the body;
- a plurality of door guards disposed in the opening;
- and
- an outer door rotatably combined with the body so as to open or close the opening,
- wherein the inner door comprises:
- an inner plate having a plurality of inner sidewalls that are disposed at both sides of the opening so as to support the plurality of door guards and that are flat from an inlet of the opening to an outlet of the opening;
- an outer plate in which a foaming space between the outer plate and the inner plate is formed;
- a door trim combined in a location between the plurality of inner sidewalls of the inner plate and the outer plate;
- an accommodation groove,
- an outer gasket attached to the outer door to create a seal between the outer door and the inner door when the outer door is closed on the inner door;
- and
- an inner gasket attached to an installation member that is attached to the accommodation groove of the inner door to create another seal between the inner door and the body when the inner door is closed.
11 more elements
A refrigerator comprising:
- a body;
- a storage compartment formed in the body;
- an inner door comprising an opening corresponding to the storage compartment, an inner plate, an outer plate in which a foaming space between the outer plate and the inner plate is formed, an accommodation groove, and a heat insulating material in the foaming space, the inner door rotatably combined with the body;
- a plurality of door guards disposed in the opening;
- an outer door rotatably combined with the body so as to open or close the opening;
- an outer gasket attached to the outer door to create a seal between the outer door and the inner door when the outer door is closed on the inner door;
- and
- an inner gasket attached to the accommodation groove of an installation member that is attached to the inner door to create another seal between the inner door and the body when the inner door is closed,
- wherein the inner plate comprises a plurality of inner sidewalls that constitute the opening and support the plurality of door guards.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.